The pages down the right hand side comprise an essay in defence of panexperientialism and should be read in order.

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Monday, 19 September 2016

Matthew MacKenzie

(Re-)Constructing the Self

Abstract:

This paper aims to take up the complex dialectic between self and selflessness as raised in the target papers of this issue and in

classical Buddhist thought. I’ll argue that the recognition that the

self is constructed can lead, in the right theoretical and practical context, to (i) the deconstruction of fixed views of self, (ii) the decentring of self-experience within a larger horizon of awareness, and (iii) the reconstruction of a more fluid self as a skilful means to cultivating and embodying wisdom and compassion.